How many Velocity Platinum are there?
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It can be fun, but I must admit, I had to laugh at my "DYKWIA" faux pas one time when I strode down the priority boarding lane only be held up with a family of 16 or 18 something members in the pleb line having troubles with their seat allocations. "Oh, bloody tourists" I thought snottily to myself, "how dare they hold me up!" Any how, the useless tourists seat allocations were finally sorted and they boarded so the gate angel turned her attention to me......"sorry for the delay Mr. Swanning_it" she sweetly said. "No problems, it can be daunting to those who don't travel frequently" I responded. She swiped my boarding pass and a resounding barp sound indicated it was not going to let me pass (an upgrade perhaps, I fleetingly thought). The lovely lass looked at my BP with a perplexed look on her face and then exclaimed "Oh, you're going to Mackay"! "Hmmm, yes and I'd like to get there sometime today", I thought to myself. Then she declared cheerfully "We're going to Perth, you're at the wrong gate"!
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It can be fun, but I must admit, I had to laugh at my "DYKWIA" faux pas one time when I strode down the priority boarding lane only be held up with a family of 16 or 18 something members in the pleb line having troubles with their seat allocations. "Oh, bloody tourists" I thought snottily to myself, "how dare they hold me up!" Any how, the useless tourists seat allocations were finally sorted and they boarded so the gate angel turned her attention to me......"sorry for the delay Mr. Swanning_it" she sweetly said. "No problems, it can be daunting to those who don't travel frequently" I responded. She swiped my boarding pass and a resounding barp sound indicated it was not going to let me pass (an upgrade perhaps, I fleetingly thought). The lovely lass looked at my BP with a perplexed look on her face and then exclaimed "Oh, you're going to Mackay"! "Hmmm, yes and I'd like to get there sometime today", I thought to myself. Then she declared cheerfully "We're going to Perth, you're at the wrong gate"!
Ahahaha,,, Classic! Just made my day! Can't say I have done that one,,,, yet!
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Give it time!
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I have totally been there. Rocked up at the wrong gate, boarding pass actually worked, boarded wrong plane and took what I thought was my seat. Next thing I knew, I was being marched back off by a FA. Then had to make a run for my real flight which was leaving at the same time!
I certainly didn't deserve my SG status that day. But then, what about the gate staff who let me on! Imagine if I just pulled up an empty seat and flew on to who knows where!
We all have our days...
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Yep, that was part 2 of my experience. The gate I went to was gate 44 (BNE Domestic) whereas my flight was leaving from gate 38. Doesn't sound far, but in reality it's the full length of the eastern satellite and then some distance back along the main concourse.....as I was hurrying down the satellite arm, they were paging me and by the time I arrived, they were preceding to off load my luggage. Now that's when I got the foul looks. On the PER bound flight, I copped looks of amusement (look at that goose was written on just about every face), on the MKY flight the looks were more akin to "you selfish clown".
I successfully held up two departures with the one DYKWIA moment!
Not one of my better airport experiences!
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Hey I don't have many.......I try to be a shrinking violet and travel incognito. Only occasionally do I make an absolute galah of myself!
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Rows 4-7 better. No need to worry about overhead bin space as laptop bag fits nicely under seat in front.
I've done approx. 6 flights since dropping to SG.. and do really miss it. Apart from that.. no difference for me.
On my last flight I got row 5, my wife (red) row 7 (separate PNRS) then someone from Row 3 asked if she would swap seats. Imagine the look on her face as she walked past me...
*Note my wife is 5ft and struggles to touch the seat in front of her when in row 29!
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